RE: This crap needs to stop

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

Well, I agree that something should be done, but it isn't equal to the
Sony issue IMHO. This was clearly an accident, just like viruses and
trojans that were found in MP3 players to Dell computers (for a very
short time). This is business, sometimes, products are "defective".

Sony knew what they were doing....and wanted to play "rights" god on
every PC in the world. 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf 
> Of Paul Schmehl
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:34 PM
> To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] This crap needs to stop
>
> <http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000723>
>
> Here's an interesting one. Peripherals manufacturer I-O Data 
> has shipped a series of nice-looking portable hard drives in 
> the 40GB to 120GB range - carrying the Backdoor.Win32.Tompai 
> trojan on them.
>
> They should be roasted just as Sony was for their backdoor 
> DRM "technology".
>
> Twits.
>
> Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
> Adjunct Information Security Officer
> University of Texas at Dallas
> AVIEN Founding Member
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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